Hail, Hempstead
- When
- April 19, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hempstead County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -93.850
Tornadoes and Hail in Arkansas, April 19, 1973
6 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 18
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
6 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Sevier
- When
- April 19, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Sevier County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $30
- Coordinates
- 33.950, -93.850
Hail, Howard
- When
- April 19, 9:45 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 33.900, -93.900
Tornado, Garland
- When
- April 19, 10:55 AM CST
- Where
- Garland County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.630, -93.050
Tornado, Independence
- When
- April 19, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Independence County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 500 yd
- Injuries
- 18 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 35.750, -91.630
Tornado, Pulaski
- When
- April 19, 11:17 AM CST
- Where
- Pulaski County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.800, -92.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Craighead
- When
- April 19, 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Craighead County
- Coordinates
- 35.830, -90.700
Tornado, Lonoke
- When
- April 19, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lonoke County
- Rating
- F2
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -91.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 19, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Coordinates
- 35.600, -91.280
Tornado, Lee
- When
- April 19, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -91.000
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, April 19, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 19, 1973
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 19, 1973
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, April 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 19, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 19, 1973
- Hail in Texas, April 19, 1973
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 9984480, 9984481, 9984482, 9984483, 9984484, 9984485, 9984486, 9984487, 9984488, 9984489.